Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Rice — Area harvested was 273,082 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 273,082 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 25.3% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 376,500 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 38th out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,805 ha | 60,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,589 ha | 75,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,848 ha | 105,402 ha | 186,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 301,419 ha | 174,233 ha | 362,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 313,382 ha | 226,593 ha | 376,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 280,959 ha | 226,500 ha | 365,796 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 35 Ecuador 402,235 ha compare
- 36 Liberia 290,000 ha compare
- 39 Chad 257,047 ha compare
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 250,000 ha compare
- 41 Burkina Faso 230,187 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture share gdp 25.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 62.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 22.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,740 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Rice — area harvested in Mozambique was 273,082 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 376,500 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for rice — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 38th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.